Concept
Current
Provisions
Proposal
Scope of
Practice
Activities Authorized to
Veterinarians
Subset of Activities
Authorized to Veterinary
Technicians
Authority
7. Performing a procedure on or
below the surfaces of the teeth,
including the scaling of teeth and
occlusal equilibration Performing dental prophylaxis,
inclusive of scaling and occlusal
equilibration Order
8. Performing a procedure on or
below the surface of the cornea Collecting specimens Order
Performing tests on the surface of
the cornea Order
9. Setting, immobilizing, or casting a
fracture of a bone or a dislocation
of a joint or a severed tendon Applying splints and/or bandages
for the purpose of immobilizing a
fracture of a bone or a dislocation
of a joint Order
10. Administering a substance
by injection or inhalation, or
monitoring of such Administering a substance by
injection or inhalation in keeping
with Schedule X 9 (please note that
this is inclusive of induction, gases,
nerve blocks, chemotherapy,
epidurals, and fluid therapy) Order
Monitoring patients under
anesthesia
12.
Putting an instrument, arm, hand,
or finger,
i. beyond the external ear canal,
ii. beyond the point in the nasal
passages where they normally
narrow,
iii. beyond the larynx,
iv. beyond the opening of the
urethra,
v. beyond the labia majora,
vi. beyond the anus or cloaca, or
Order
Placing and removing nasogastric
tubing Order
Placing and removing esophageal
or endotracheal tubing
Placing and removing urinary
catheters
Vaginal swabbing
Placing and removing irrigation
tubing beyond the anus or cloaca Order
Order
Order
Order
Expressing anal sacs internally
Order
vii. into any other natural or artificial Inserting and removing intra-
opening into the body
mammary cannula Order
vii. into any other natural or artificial Inserting and removing intra-
opening into the body
mammary cannula Order
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